Help with a magazine issue - Cleveland Indians cards

[GasHouseGang]

My original thought is that it probably came from a Cleveland Indians yearbook. I have a Yankees yearbook with a set of cards inside as a bonus.

[roarfrom34]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

My original thought is that it probably came from a Cleveland Indians yearbook. I have a Yankees yearbook with a set of cards inside as a bonus.

or game program

[mortimer brewster]

Charbonneau was thru by 1982 Garland 1981. I would guess the year would be from 1981.

I researched an Indians program/scorebook from 1981 and the photos of the players are the standard B/w headshots. Possibly the yearbook?

I'm thinking because the top of each photo has the team name it is probably from one of the many preview magazines that came out back then. maybe photos of all the teams.

Or another teams Scorebook/program vs the visiting Indians

[Gary Dunaier]

Are we sure these were ever actually issued as cards?

Maybe they just decided to present the player photos as images of faux baseball cards.

[JLange]

I agree they are not cards. I have a pretty loose definition of a "card" myself, but even I can't bring myself to recognize these as cards - yet. One of the criteria for me with regard to magazines and newspaper cutouts is that there should be some evidence that they were meant to be cutout - whether its card-like fronts AND backs, dotted line borders, a scissors clipart on the border, instructions on cutting out the "cards," or some callout by the producer such as, "Hey Kids - cutout and save these for your collection!" - something. I don't see any evidence for that in this case, so I don't consider them cards, even in my own very loose card definition.

I actually like the term "faux baseball cards." There are endless items that look like cards that people have clipped and saved over the years. This could fit that category.

Originally Posted by Gary Dunaier

Are we sure these were ever actually issued as cards?

Maybe they just decided to present the player photos as images of faux baseball cards.